After rocket fire from Gaza Israeli aircraft attack Hamas

Early on Wednesday morning, Israeli aircraft attacked several sites linked to the military wing of Gaza's Hamas. It was said to be a response to a rocket fired from the Palestinian enclave.

The Israeli military said the targets of the multiple airstrikes in the southern Gaza strip included a weapons manufacturing facility. There were no reports of injuries.

Shortly after the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu threatened to "response vigorously to any attack" the airstrikes came.

In a statement, Netanyahu said, "If someone in Gaza thinks that he can raise his head after Operation Black Belt, he is sorely mistaken." He said referring to two days of exchanges between Israeli forces and Palestinian fighters two weeks ago that was the worst such cross-border conflict in months.

Israeli military late on Tuesday said it identified two projectiles fired from the Gaza strip, with missile defences intercepting one.

The attack was the second such incident this week and rattled the shaky cease-fire brokered by Egypt and the United Nations earlier this month that ended the latest round of fighting.

The flare-up was triggered when a senior Islamic Jihad commander was killed by Israel in Gaza. In response, the militant group launched hundreds of rockets at Israel. At least 34 Palestinians, including 16 civilians were killed in Israeli retaliatory strikes.

Informal cease-fires have led to months of calm between Israel and Hamas, which has ruled Gaza since 2007.